This morning, in surprise announcements at PHS our PSD Educator of the Year selections were informed. Please join me in congratulating these deserving colleagues:
2022 Support Pro...

Portsmouth School Department Nonpublic Textbook Program2022-2023 School Year
Portsmouth residents with children in grades K-12 attending non-public schools may request textbooks i...

As part of an ongoing effort to improve communication with families about special education in the Portsmouth School Department, the district website now features redesigned and ex...

Jim McGaw from the East Bay RI Newspaper wrote a recent piece on the Mock DUI Scene at Portsmouth High School. On May 19, The Portsmouth Police Department, in conjunction with Por...

In a surprise announcement on May 5th, Victoria Travis, a 3rd-grade special educator at Hathaway, was presented with an NBC 10/RIDE Golden Apple Award. Commissioner Infante-Green a...

Congratulations to PHS high school senior CTE Art student, Lisa Powledge for winning this year's "Photo/Digital Art Media Scholarship Award" for the state of RI"!
Four of her AP ...
It is that time of year again when we ask our PSD Community to nominate a teacher and support professional of the year. Please consider nominating someone!
The 2021-2022 Teach...
The FY2023 Proposed Budget was approved by the Portsmouth School Committee on Tuesday, March 22nd. Dr. Kenworthy and Mr. DiIuro gave a presentation to the School Committee. You c...

The Portsmouth High School Community Service Club led a school-wide collection for the people of Ukraine, March 9th - 11th. The items will make their way to Cardi's furniture and...

Taylor Begley, sports anchor, and reporter from WPRI 12 and Fox Providence stopped by Portsmouth High School recently to talk about WPHS Live and Mr. Reilly's video broadcast journ...

We're thrilled to announce the new app for Portsmouth School Department!
With the new app, you can access documents, events, news, updates, and even emergency notifications.
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Congratulations to CTE student Zoe Vaspol for being chosen as a candidate for U.S Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education and is one of four CTE Presidential Schola...
The Portsmouth School Department was recently awarded an FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund Grant in the amount of $364,000. These funds will be used for the purchase of new Chromeboo...

Students in the Portsmouth CTE Visual ArtsPathway will be having their annual art exhibit at the DeBlois Gallery. Working with our industry partners students in the program learn h...

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Open house was a huge success and it was wonderful to meet so many new potential students and families last night! Huge thanks to our outst...

The Portsmouth High School Drama Club presented A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare on Friday 12/3 and Saturday 12/4 in the Kate Grana Auditorium. Major kudos to ever...

PSD Weather/Emergency Decision Protocol
Weather or emergency decisions that could affect in-person learning or result in school cancellation will be finalized by the Superintenden...
December 17, 2021On Thursday, December 16, 2021, the Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved Portsmouth’s Stage II application for reimburse...

The Senior Engineering class started their year by designing and building a trebuchet. They applied their scientific critical thinking skills to optimize a theoretical design, and ...
Our number one priority this school year remains opening, and keeping open, our schools for in-person instruction while ensuring the health and safety of all students and staff. I...